The obvious solution is to restore from your last backup, but presumably that is not an option or you would have done it already.
Start node-red in safe mode using
node-red --safe
That starts node red but does not start the flows. That will tell you if the flows file is seriously damaged.
You can then edit the flows and it wills start running when you deploy.
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